Everyone reverts to their default when faced with pressure and resistance.
Bivol will taste the power much earlier and either exchange and get KOd or get on his bike and try and clear his head and remount another attack using a different approach.
Bivol is such a great technician but then so is Beterbiev. The power Beterbiev generates with such short punches, his economy of movement and the footwork to always ensure he is in position to throw means his opponent is always under pressure and in danger of getting caught with something that will seperate him from his senses.. Dmitry negated a lot of that offence last time and had some success, but despite that, I never felt he was controlling the fight. The last few rounds he threw so little because he couldn't risk opening up with Artur coming on strong. Whilst he negated the onslaught more successfully than anyone who'd gone before, he was only ever reactive. I don't see him beating Artur and I think he'll get KO'ed if he tries to be more offensive this time.
Dmitry should do just fine. All he has to do is to just stick to his original game plan. Dmitry loss to Beterbiev was not only political but largely due to faith as well.
He didn't just lose the fight but lost the decision. He actually won the fight but lost the decision. Hands down Dmitry was the better man that not night against Artur.
Dmitry should do just fine. All he has to do is to just stick to his original game plan. Dmitry loss to Beterbiev was not only political but largely due to faith as well.
He didn't just lose the fight but lost the decision. He actually won the fight but lost the decision. Hands down Dmitry was the better man that not night against Artur.
you can argue he may have had enough early rounds to get a points decision but the last 3 rounds he ran and was battered and gassed while the older beterbiev had a lot more in the tank and was chasing him around the ring
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